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CBS Radio Mystery Theater 1979-WBBM

by: Himan Brown

Publication date: 1979

Topics: CBS Radio Mystery Theater, OTR, Old Time Radio, Radio Drama, CBSRMT

Language: English

The CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER series of radio dramas was created by
Himan Brown and hosted by E.G. Marshall for all but the final year of
its 1974 through 1982 run. These are recordings from WBBM, the CBS
affiliate for Chicago, Illinois. In most cases, they contain the
original news broadcasts and commercials of the era. Audio quality and
length vary.

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Identifier: CBSRadioMysteryTheater1979WBBM

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Reviewer: lonie - - December 19, 2018
Subject: CBSRMT 1979 WBBM NEWS

I TOLD MY FRIENDS AT SCHOOL THE THINGS I LISTENED TO ON THESE SHOWS ! THEY THOUGHT I WAS JUST MAKING UP STORY’S ! SO I PUT A FEW IN MY LG PHONE AND SHARED THEM ! WE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT WATERGATE ! IRAN TAKING AMERICANS AS PRISONERS ! WHAT REALLY GOT TO THEM WAS THE STORY ABOUT A GIRL NAMED PATTY HURST ROBBING A BANK ! OUR TEACHER LET US SHARE SOME OF THESE INTERESTING NEWS STORY’S AT SCHOOL ! OH AND CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER HAD SOME STRANGE STORY'S ! WHO EVERY SAVED THIS WE THANK YOU !

Reviewer: Radar696 - - November 16, 2017
Subject: Thank You Russ

Thank you for all of the time and effort you have put into recovering these programs from reel to reel and cleaning the audio, then converting them to digital so that we can all share in your work.
It really takes you back to the times when you hear the national news of the day.
Then you get to hear those local commercials that add oh so much color to the program as well.
Sometimes the commercials are more fun then the program itself!

Reviewer: AncientAxim - - July 10, 2017
Subject: Thank you these are awesome

the between episode news and commercial breaks are gold. They really put you back into that "Time zone". You can go back in a time machine hearing the news and commercials from the 1970s. The news is really just fantastic. "President Carter" there's even a news clip of the happenings in Iran, just before the hostage takeover, and that Pres. Carter said the Iranians promised to give the Americans there good security and take care of them. Little did we all know what would happen next.

There is a commercial for a bank, and in those days banks really competed for customers.
When the breaks are cut out by the uploader it takes away from the whole experience

The audio on these is perfect I couldn't hear any artifacts and the sound wasn't ever muffled.

My favorite episode of CBS Mystery Theater is "The Wandering Wind" Wow. What a story! If there is only one single episode you will hear from this program, listen to that one.
Although the host EG Marshall promises us stories of the macabre, not all of the stories involve grim or deathly plots, some are just on the level of suspense, irony, or high strangeness. The programs themselves are very well done in both acting and writing, dialogue, all. The producer Himan Brown He lived in the very same apartment in Central Park West, from 1938 til he died at age 100 in 2010.

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